Seal for dynamic scattering-twisted nematic liquid crystal display

• US 4,536,060 A
• Filed: 02/11/1981
• Issued: 08/20/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ishii, Yutaka, Wada, Tomio, Funada, Fumiaki, Takamatsu, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Corbin, John K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gallivan, Richard F.
• Application Number:
  US06/233,520
• Time in Patent Office: 1,651 Days
• Field of Search: 350/343, 350/346, 350/350 R, 252/299.2
• US Class Current: 349/153
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1339 Gaskets; Spacers; Sealing of cells
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/137 characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering

Abstract

A liquid-crystal display device which is effective for the display of images particularly in a TV set and in which the liquid-crystal layer contains a dopant in a specific range of quantity and the substrates are adhered to each other and sealed by two resin layers in which the outer one is a thermoplastic polyamide and the inner one is a saturated polyester.

Claims

1. A matrix liquid crystal display device for video image using DTN mode comprising a pair of transparent substrates defining a pair of mutually facing surfaces, a transparent electrode assembly provided on each of said mutually facing surfaces, an insulating layer with orienting property formed on said electrode assembly, a liquid crystal layer formed by depolarization in a twisted nematic layer, said liquid crystal being nematic with a negative dielectric anisotropy, said liquid crystal layer being disposed between said mutually facing insulating layers, and a polarizer provided on the opposite surface of each of said substrates from said liquid crystal layer, said liquid crystal layer satisfying the following relationship within a range of ambient temperatures:

##EQU7## in which N stands for the number of multiplex driving, F stands for the frame frequency of an image signal, C stands for the capacitance per unit area of said insulating layers, and C_o stands for the capacitance per unit area of said insulating layers when they have a specific dielectric constant ε

of about 4, and a thickness of about 100 Å

the fc value of the device being at least about 29 kHz, whereby the reproduction of a video image with a half-tone is achieved;

said substrates being adhered to each other and sealed by two resin layers in which the outer layer is a thermoplastic polyamide layer and the inner layer is a saturated polyester layer having a higher melting point than said polyamide.

2. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said frame frequency F is 60 Hz, so that said device may be used for the display of a TV picture by commercial TV broadcasting with a frame frequency F_TV of 30 Hz.

3. A device as set forth in claim 2, wherein said liquid crystal layer contains a dopant.

4. A device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said insulating layers have a thickness of about 100 Å

and a specific dielectric constant ε

of about 4, said frame frequency F is 60 Hz, and said liquid-crystal layer contains said dopant to the extent that said cut-off frequency f_c satisfies the following relationship;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">960N≧

f.sub.c ≧

480N

so that said device may be used for the display of a TV picture by commercial TV broadcasting at a frame frequency of F_TV of 30 Hz.

5. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal layer contains a dopant.

6. A device as set forth in claim 5, wherein said dopant comprises a quaternary ammonium compound.

7. A device as set forth in claim 6, wherein said dopant comprises tetrabutylammonium-3-5-dinitrobenzoate.

8. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said liquid-crystal layer has a thickness of 7μ

±

1μ

.

9. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein f_c is in the range of from about 29 to about 58 kHz.

10. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal layer comprises a Schiff'"'"'s-base liquid crystal composition.

11. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 1 or 2, wherein said thermoplastic polyamide is a substance selected from the group consisting of nylon 4, nylon 6, nylon 66, nylon 69, nylon 610, nylon 612, nylon 7, nylon 8, nylon 9, nylon 11 and nylon 12, and copolymers of two or more thereof.

12. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in either claim 1 or 2, wherein said saturated polyester comprises a substance selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate and poly-1,4-cyclohexylenediamethylene terephthalate, and copolymers of two or more thereof.

13. A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 4, wherein said saturated polyester is polyethylene terephthalate.